The Mighty 4th Ashby Scouts

*** Act now – pester your parents – there are just a few places left! ***

• When? Saturday 26^th July until Saturday 2^nd August (8 full days)
• Where? Birch Hall Scout Camp in the Langdale Forest, North Yorks (nearest town: Scarborough)
• Who can go? This is open to all 4^th Ashby Scouts
• Why? It’ll be amazing. We get the run of the site in the middle of nowhere. We can make as much noise as we can and be as silly as we like.
• What will be doing?

• • Survival skills – building proper bivis, foraging for food, lighting fires.
  • Big style pioneering – they’ve finally relented. I’ve done zip wires, platforms in the trees (we slept on it), bridges over rivers, 60 foot (18 metres?) towers. Who knows what we’ll come up with this time!
  • The Mighty 4^th Ashby inter patrol sandcastle contest. Ever played “Romans and Barbarians” or “Capture the flag” on a beach before?
  • We’ll need to damn the water flowing through the site. Last time this resulted in cycling up the stream (they claimed it was the only way to wash the bikes)
  • An expedition – possibly including “wild camping” – the scariest thing I did as a Scout!
  • After the back packing weekend and some Scouts’ difficulty in using maps the other leaders weren’t keen on putting you in the minibus, driving you round and dropping you off leaving you to find your own way back….
  • A trip to Scarborough, possibly including fish and chips on the seafront.
  • Depending on final costs of transport and food etc, we hope to have other activities going on…

• How do I get a place?

The camp will cost £130. To secure your place bring a £30 deposit as soon as possible. Places are limited – there only so many people we can put in the super-duper minibus we’re hiring!

Any other questions – talk to one of the leaders. The answer is probably 42!

Jon